Shoe tip



E. FRANK SHOE TIP Filed Aug. 192s IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII lNVENTdR EDWARD 'F'RANK' BY 7 A AT ORNEY Patented Nov. 29, 1927.

j .UNITE]DS1T A TES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD FRANK, or rrmtrnnr, CALIFORNIA.

SHOE Application filed August 18,

Thisinvention resides in the provision of a novel form of protecting tip for the ends of shoes, which tip is constructed so that it may be readily applied to all sizes of shoes and secured in place without necessitating the loosening of the sole or in any Way changing the construction of the shoe.

The present day form of metal shoe tip designed to prevent scufling of the toes ofv shoes is only applicable to shoes in which the toe cap is nailed to the welt or sole and in attaching this type of tip it is necessary to loosen the welt and toe cap or to remove the nails- In shoes having the toe cap sewed to the welt, the attachment of the present dayform of metal tip is not possible. An

other objection is that different sizes of tips must be used to fit different sizes of shoes.

The shoe tip of my invention is not only applicable in its one piece and one size form to shoes of all sizes, but can be fitted to sewed and nailed shoes with equal facility, and in either instance without necessitating loosening the fastenings between the toe cap and the welt or in any way modifying or chang ing the construction of the shoe.

The tip of my invention is constructed of rubber preferably, but maybe made of any compressible, resilient and bendable substance of this nature. It may be made up in straight lengths and cut in desired lengths, depending upon the size of the shoe. The, shape of the strip is such that when the strip is bent to fit around the front of the toe and on the top of the Walt, it will closely conform to the welt and toe and may be readily nailed or otherwise fastened in place so that a portion thereof extends upward against the tip of the toe capand protects said cap from being scuffed and worn.

With the above mentioned and other objects in'view, the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and set forth in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, ize and minor details of construction with in the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Referring to the drawing: Fig. 1 representsa perspective View of my tip as when applied to a shoe. Fig. 2 represents a fragmentarylongitudinal sectional view through the toe of the tudinal edge of the TIP.

1926.. Seriai No.12a999.

shoe showing. the tip of my invention as I when applied thereto.

Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of a strip of the tip material of especial shape and form whereby suitable. lengths may be cut off 'to provide thedesired tips. n

In the embodiment of the invention shown in the accompanying drawing, the shoe tip forming material is preferably made up in the form of a straight length or strip of rubber or some other suitable compressible, resilient and bendable material, said strip being indicated by the numeral 1 in Fig. 3. This strip comprises an upstanding portion 2 which is of concavo-convcx form or may be curved on one side only so to conform to the curvature of the shoe tip. Along the lower longistrip on the front side thereof, is a lateral fiange'8. In providing ashoe tip of thisinvention, a piece of the material of the desired length is cut off for each shoe and then bent around the toe 3 on top of the welt 4; as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The curved inner face of the upstanding portion of the strip will engage the curved end of the toe cap and conform closelythereto whereas the flange 3 will extend outward on top of the welt and provide a means for nailing the tip in place, the

' nails being indicated by the numeral 5. The thickness of the tip Imay be varied as de-- also, but if the tip extends approximately half way up on the usually sufiicient. r

The advantage of the tip of this invention is that it may be readily made to conform to shoes of differentsizes and may be easily and quickly attached without altering the construction of the shoe in any particular. When in place it remains more or iessinconspicuous but is nevertheless so positioned as to effectively protect the toe of the shoe against beingscuffed or unduly worn. The lower inner edge of the strip will fit closely between the toe cap and welt and the tip therefore assists in making this portion of the shoe weatherproof. Another advantage of the invention is the provision for supplyingthe shoemaker-s with the tip forming material in straight lengths, cut or molded in the shape shown and described thus making it an easy matter to cut off point of the toe, this is is employed as the a lengths df materiel-umd by a quick operation securely fasten them in place so as topro vide efi'ective protective tips upon the shoes. I claim: A protective tip for shoes comprising a normally straight rubber strip having Lits inner face curved in a vertical plane to conform to the curvature of-avncl'to engage the toe of the shoe, :1 laterally extending flange 10 formed integral with the stripon the lower cklue thereof: and: cxtenklimg '1 forwardly from the outeriecc of the strip, swirl strip being adapted to be bent into engagement with the :toe of 21141008038 toocuiforin to the curve of the toe and to have the lateral flange rest upon the projecting portion of the sole of the shoe, said lateral flange being adapted to have imztening elements driven therethrough to llOltl the stri in lace.

E1 WA D FRANK. 

